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Carrier Does any provider actually give you unlimited data for tablets ? With high quality video streaming not the 480p video limit
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Sprint/T-Mobile I get 5G Data 150GB @ 400MB/sec speeds I’ve used over 350GB a month and never charged a penny. This is while tethering to my iPad Pro using my phone as a WiFI HotSpot.
Most people don’t have 40MB/ sec speeds. I’m doing 400MB given I have to open a window to get the best signal.
I thought T-Mobile did, because that’s what my iPad has. I just checked though for new customers and I only see limited plans... maybe I’m grandfathered in and didn’t realize it. Guess I’ll be keeping it around for longer then!
Edit: they still do offer it! I reached out to a T-Mobile rep to ask if they still offer an unlimited iPad data plan, and this is what he said:
“Hey thanks for reaching out! I'm Jay. We definitely have a plan for that. It's $25/mo or $20/mo with AutoPay when you have existing voice lines.”
Edit: they still do offer it! I reached out to a T-Mobile rep to ask if they still offer an unlimited iPad data plan, and this is what he said:
“Hey thanks for reaching out! I'm Jay. We definitely have a plan for that. It's $25/mo or $20/mo with AutoPay when you have existing voice lines.”
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True I think the carriers all went to that to stop the few over users who slowed the whole system down for everyone else by using tremendous amounts of data.
Understandable IMO. It’s unlimited data but the speed is limited when overuse will slow down the network for everyone.
Tmobile's "video typically streams at 480p" has never held true for me. I've always been able to toggle the video to 1080p if I want it, and it plays just fine. In youtube, netflix, you name it.
This Verizon response on the subject may be of interest -
https://community.verizon.com/t5/4G...y-every-day/m-p/1104753/highlight/true#M15328
Alas, cellular signal and speeds is like real estate: location, location, location.
Youtube has been setting the resolution to 480p pretty regularly during this pandemic. I have to manully change it to either 1080 (max on safari) or 1440p / 4k on the app or in devices that have a 4k screen like my surface book. It's annoying, you need to do it virtually on every video, at least here in Europe...